Supply and accumulation of metals in two Egyptian desert plant species growing on wadi-fill deposits

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-429

  Badri, M A ^a   Pulford, I D ^b   Springuel, I ^a  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arid climate; desert; desert plants; Egypt; indicator geobotany; soil

Indexed keywords

DESERT PLANT; GEOBOTANY; MINERAL NUTRIENTS;

EGYPT, EASTERN DESERT;

CLEOME DROSERIFOLIA; SENNA ALEXANDRINA;

EID: 0029752259     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0035     Document Type: Article

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